Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Workers’ Party (WP) said on Sunday (December 27) that it has elected several members of Parliament by Sengkang GRC to its Central Executive Committee (CEC). They are Ms. He Ting Ru, Dr. Jamus Lim, Ms. Raeesah Khan, and Mr. Louis Chua Kheng Wee. Ad Ad Also elected …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An expert committee convened by Singapore’s Health Ministry has recommended that all residents medically eligible for COVID-19 vaccination to inject themselves as they become available, though it said vaccination should remain a voluntary option. . The recommendation comes as Singapore’s success in controlling the virus has …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The government has fully accepted the recommendations of the COVID-19 Vaccination Expert Committee on Singapore’s overall vaccination strategy, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said on Sunday (December 27). Healthcare workers will be vaccinated first beginning December 30, beginning with those from the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The government has fully accepted the recommendations of the COVID-19 Vaccination Expert Committee on Singapore’s overall vaccination strategy, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said on Sunday (December 27). Healthcare workers will be vaccinated first beginning December 30, beginning with those from the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). …

[ad_1] BEIJING (REUTERS, XINHUA) – Beijing has tightened Covid-19 restrictions on concerns that mass travel from China during the holiday period could cause a spike in cases in the capital as it reported local transmission cases for a fourth day consecutive on Sunday (December 27). A meeting led by the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Amid growing concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus emerging here, experts have said that the measures now in place, such as the use of masks and social distancing, are enough to combat its spread. Two new strains of the disease have been discovered, in Great …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Singapore at noon on Sunday (December 27), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its preliminary daily update. No new cases were found in the community or in the dormitories of foreign workers. Ad Ad All five boxes were imported …

[ad_1] PARIS: Europe launches an unprecedented scale cross-border vaccination program on Sunday (December 27) as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million of lives around the world. The region of 450 million people has secured contracts with a variety …

[ad_1] LONDON: Millions of people in the UK faced harsh new coronavirus restrictions on Saturday (December 26), with Scotland and Northern Ireland demanding stricter measures to try to stop a new variant of the virus believed to be spreading more quickly. Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown and in Wales, …

[ad_1] GENEVA (AFP) – The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without addressing climate change and animal welfare, said the head of the World Health Organization. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” cycle of throwing cash at …